Hausamann
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Way back in 1981 I was diagnosed as an alcoholic. After detox and rehab I stopped drinking for two years. But that does not mean I had any resemblance of sobriety. I was a dry drunk. As the say, 'If you take the alcohol out of a fruitcake you still have a fruitcake'. Then I relapsed for several months and became abstinent for a few months, then relapsed and so on for the next seven years. In 1988, homeless and destitute, I was bleeding from every hole except my ears. I stopped drinking again.
When two years of sobriety approached I became anxious about relapsing again like my first attempt. To help me through the two year spell I decided to do a painting about what sobriety means to me. That is how this painting came about.
Not long before I started painting it, I lost everything in a fire. It seemed like a test for me, but I eventually embraced it as a new beginning. I moved to the city, got a job in electronics and rented a unit to live in. My furniture was a mattress on the floor and two chairs. One of the chairs became my easel.
Even though I have been offered good money for this painting, I treasure it too much to sell it.
It has now been over 35 years since I've had a drink or drug.
When two years of sobriety approached I became anxious about relapsing again like my first attempt. To help me through the two year spell I decided to do a painting about what sobriety means to me. That is how this painting came about.
Not long before I started painting it, I lost everything in a fire. It seemed like a test for me, but I eventually embraced it as a new beginning. I moved to the city, got a job in electronics and rented a unit to live in. My furniture was a mattress on the floor and two chairs. One of the chairs became my easel.
Even though I have been offered good money for this painting, I treasure it too much to sell it.
It has now been over 35 years since I've had a drink or drug.